Addiction Why Me/The Twelve Traditions

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"The Twelve Traditions (4:48)

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	God... Grant Me the Serenity To Accept the Things I Cannot Change, The Courage to Change The Things I can, And The Wisdom to Know The Difference!

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	By 1946 as the Alcoholics Anonymous Membership grew, confusion and disputes within groups over practices, finances, and publicity led Wilson to write the guidelines for noncoercive group management that eventually became known as the... Twelve Traditions.


	Snippets: POWERLESS AND UNMANAGEABLE Step One: To become "Humble", is a quality not at all natural for an Addictive personality! "Surrender" to Powerlessness and Unmanageability, requires giving up the most treasured thing in life, along with Rationalization and Justification! Emotionally, this compares to the death of a loved one, or the failure of a marriage. Add "Craving" and early Recovery becomes a very difficult experience, that the average person cannot comprehend. This is the critical time when fellowship and support from a 12 Step "Peer" group is irreplaceable! This is the fact that founders of Alcoholics Anonymous discovered! NA puts it like this: "Addicts helping Addicts can achieve Miracles!" More on Page 9:


	At the 1955 St. Louis convention: Bill Wilson turned over the stewardship of AA to the General Service Board. In this era AA began its International expansion, and by 2001 the number of members worldwide was estimated at 2 million.

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	Nine: Make Amends but cause no Harm!


	Ten: Continue Inventory and Admit Wrongs!

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